2017 Spring Tree Planting at Local School

The Bar Harbor Garden Club recently donated an apple tree to both Mount Desert Elementary and Conners Emerson schools. The donations are in support of MDI schools Greenhouse Projects and the need to educate future gardeners.

Elizabeth “Betsy” Minott (Garden Coordinator, Mount Desert Elementary School) arranged to have 2nd and 3rd grade students assist in the planting of their apple tree. Read more …

Garden Club Youth Award Winners

The National Garden Clubs and their affiliate organizations offer various educational contests for children at the pre-school, elementary, middle and high school levels. Winners of the local BHGC competitions went on to compete within the Garden Club Federation of Maine.